Republican funding surge provides crucial advantage

The Chicago Tribune, 77 October 2010

Publié le :
18 octobre 2010

James Oliphant

"Reporting from Washington Fueled by a surge of outside money, Republicans have begun gunning for Democratic House seats once considered safe and beyond GOP reach a drive that threatens to reshape the electoral map and raises the specter of a historic rout in the midterm election two weeks away.

"Advocacy groups such as American Crossroads and the American Action Network said last week that they were funneling more than $50 million into House races to back Republican candidates, on top of the more than $50 million already spent by the GOP's House campaign arm.

"At the same time, even some Republican House challengers trailing in their races raised more than $1 million in the last three months, suggesting they may be able to close the gap in the coming weeks."